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T. KING & R. WILSON. APPARATUS FOR PRINTING, NUM-BERING AND DELIVERINGTICKETS. No. 303,226. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

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action of the conductor, the tickets are printed,

. UNITED STATES THOMAS KING AND ROBERT WILSON, OF LONDON, COUNTY OFMIDDLESEX,

ENGLAND.

FFlCEd APPARATUS FOR PRINTING, NUMBERING, AND DELIVERING TICKET S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,226, dated August5, 1884. Application filed April 1884. (No model.) Patented in EnglandJuly 94, 1883, No. 3,625.

Be it known that we, THOMAS -KING and ROBERT WILSON, both of London,England, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus for Printing,Numbering, and Deliver ing Tickets for Tram-Oars or othcrPurposes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

For the purpose of checking the receipts of fares by the conductors oftram-cars and cmnibuses some proprietors provide their conductors withconsecutively-numbered tickets and with a registering-punch for punchinga livering it to a passenger; but as a distinct set of tickets isnecessary for each distinct amount of fare the method is not convenient,and the punch, besides, will only register the total number of ticketspunched, and not the number issued of each distinct value. This can onlybe ascertained by collectingthe small punched: out pieces in separatelots and counting them. Other proprietors provide their conductors withan apparatus in which a reel has wound upon it a large number of ticketsin the form of a long or continuous strip of paper.' The conductor, byturning a handle, causes a ticket to protrude so that it can be torn offand given. Then another ticket is caused to protrude in like manner, andso on; and it is usual for the conductor to mark each ticket, with theamount of fare paid before tearing it off, the mark being registered bya second strip. This method is perhaps better than that first described;but in both the means of checking is unsatisfactory and the expense ofpreviously printing the tickets has to be incurred.

Now, our invention consists in constructing a portable apparatus bywhich, through the consecutively numbered, and delivered or presented insuccession ready to be torn off. Ourapparatus is composed, essentially,of a reel upon which a long strip of plain or unprinted paper is wound;of a platen under, upon, or against which the paper passes as it isdrawnfrom the reel; of an inking-surface and a surface for printing thenecessarywords or matter on the tickets; of any ordinary nummetal bandhereinafter described. 10, and 11 are detail views.

boring mechanism, by which the figures for prlnting in numericalsuccession are brought into position; of a pair of rollers for drawingalong the strip of paper, and of a pair of nippers or jaws at the mouthof the apparatus, which open to allow as much of the strip asconstitutes a ticket to pass, and then close on the strip, so as toallow the conductor to readily tear the ticket off. The apparatus isoperated by the conductor by means of a lever or other contrivance, eachmovement of which in the one direction brings the printing-surface andnumbering apparatus into contact with the paper, so as to print andnumber a ticket, while in the movement in the reverse direction, whichmay be effected by a spring or any suitable gearing, as will be wellunderstood. Every motion of the lever in the one direction may also bemade to sound a bell. It will be seen that by our apparatus not only arethe tickets printed and numbered by the action of the conductor withoutcausing him any additional work, but there is also an efiicient check onhis receipts, because the apparatus is self-registering. I

The annexed drawings represent an apparatus constructed according to ourinvention.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation with the parts in their normalposition,the side plate being shown open. Fig; 2 is a side elevationwith the parts in the position they occupy when the printing-surface isin contact with the paper. Fig. 3 is a planet the apparatus as seen'from below the top plate. Figs. 4 and 5 are sections through the linest 4. and 5 5,

respectively, of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation, and Fig. 7a plan showing the Figs. 8, 9,

a is the reel containing the stripof paper 6.

is the platen, under which the paper passes; d, the inking-surface; e,the printingsurface (shown separately in Fig. 8) for printing thenecessary words on the tickets; f, the numbering mechanism, of ordinaryconstruction; 9 g, the rollers for drawing along the paper I).

'10 is a fixed nipper or jaw, and t a movable nipper. j is theoperating-lever.

' m, Fig. 8.) The frame It has a central spindle,

n, on which it is free to turn. This spindle works in fixed verticalguides 0 o, and is attached at its ends to bars 12 p, fixedto verticalrods q q. These rods pass through thetop plate of the apparatus, and arefixed to a plate, o (shown separately in Fig. 9,) to which the lever jis connected through the intermediation of a link, 8. On one of theguides 0 o are two tripping-pins, t t, which, as the frame k is beingraised by means of the lever, cause this frame to turn over, togetherwith the printing-surface e and numbering mechanism, so as to bring theminto position for printing. This turning of the frame kis effected bymeans of teeth a a a thereon. ,(See Fig. 10, which is an end view of theframe It.) The two teeth a a are caught in the first part of the upwardmovement of the frame by the pin t, which turns the frame partly round.Then the two teeth a a are caught in the following part of the upwardmovement by the second pin, t, which completes the turning movement ofthe frame. These tripping appliances may be repeated at the opposite endof the frame k,- but we do not consider this necessary. We, however,think it desirable to fit to the opposite end a cam-shaped boss, M,which, by working against the edges of an opening, 0, in a bar, 0,during the turning of the frame It, assists the turning movement. 0 is aspindle mounted between the guides o 0, and fitted with a spring, 10,which tends to turn it 011 its axis, so as to keep a pawl, 50, which iskeyed thereon, in its normal position. A tail-piece,

, by abutting against a stop, prevents the spindle turning too far. Thepawl a: is for causing the advance of the numbering mechanism to theextent of one unit during each descent of the numbering mechanism. Thisis effected by the pawl catching, during the said descent, theratchet-wheel z of the num bering mechanism and turning it one tooth. Inthe upward movement of the numbering mechanism the spring 10 allows thepawl to yield under the pressure of the wheel 2. The rollers g g fordrawing the paper are each composed of a pair of disks, as shown,connected byspindles g 9. One pair of disks, preferablythelowcr, haspins or points in its periphery, and the other pair has correspondingholes, these pins and holes being for the pur- 7O pose of taking hold ofthe paper I). The up-- per roller, 9, is driven by toothed wheels A B O,the wheel O being on the same spindle as a ratchet-wh eel, D. This wheelD, and consequently the rollers g g, are rotated one step at everydescent of the front end of the lever j by means of a pawl, E, carriedby an arm, F, which, in the ascent of the frame 70, is carried up by apin, G, on a cross-bar, G, of this frame into the position seen in Fig.2, the arm F having a slot, as shown, for the pin G to ride in. I11 thedescent of the frame It the pawl E takes into the ratchet-wheel D androtates it the distance of one tooth.

H is a stop-pawl to prevent the wheels A B OD being rotated in thereverse direction. The movable nippcr tis shown in front elevation inFig. 11. It is actuated by a rod, I, from a crank on the axis of thelower roller, 9, and slides on guide-pins or screws z" i on the frontplate of the apparatus. When the rollers g begin to rotate, the jaw 1'moves down clear of the fixed jaw h and allows the paper I) to pass, andby the time the rollers 9 have completed their rotation the jaw ihasrisen and again nips the paper against the jaw h.

K is a bell whose striker L is lifted on every descent of the frame 7cby a projection, M,

coming against the tail N. As soon as the parts M and N are clear ofeach other the striker falls upon the bell. O is a spring to return theoperating-lever j and through it all the mechanism to their normalpositions when the pressure has been re moved from it. 10

In routes where there are what are called overlapping fares it isdesirable to show by the tickets themselves at what part of the routethe various tickets are issued-via, be-

fore reaching station 2, or before reaching 11o station 3, &c. Wherethis is required we employ a very thin spring band of metal, 1?,connected at one end to a roller, Q, and at the other to a spindle, B.This band passes immediately below the strip of paper b, toward one sidethereof. In this band is an aperture, S. The type of theprinting-surface 0 can therefore not print upon that part of the paperwhich is above the band 1?, except upon so much as is exposed by theaperture S. On

the spindle of the roller Q is a handle, T, Figs. 6 and 7, with aspring-catch to take into the holes U U, Fig. 6. On reachingeaehsuccessive station the attendant, by moving the handle round to thenext hole U, will draw the 12 5 band 1? an equivalent distance, therebyshifting the position of the aperture S relatively to theprinting-surface. By noticing what particular words or figures have beenprinted on the ticket throughthe aperture S, it will be found at whatpart of the route the ticket was issued.

The printing-surface is of elastic, yielding maing, numbering, anddelivering tickets, of thereel for the paper, the platen, the inkingsurface or pad, a reversible frame carrying a printing-surface andnumbering mechanism, constructed and arranged to operate substan' tiallyas described, the drawing-rollers to feed the paper, the nippers tograsp the strip and hold it while it is being torn. off, and mechanism,substantially as described, for connecting the printing and feedingdevices and operating the moving parts, all arranged substantially asset forth.

2. The combination, in a machine for print ing, numbering, anddelivering tickets, of a reel, a, a fixed plat-en, c, roughened drawing-&

rollers 91, an inking surface or-pad, d, a reversible frame carrying aprinting surface, e, and numbering mechanism f, rotatively mounted andconstructed to turn as they are raised, a fixed jaw, h, and movablenipper 2', an operating-lever, j, and the mechanism, substantially asdescribed, whereby the paper is fed, the printing is effected, and thepaper nipped through the medium of a single operation of the handle j,as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In an apparatus for printing, numbering, and delivering tickets, asset forth, the combination, with the printing device, theimpression-surface of which is of yielding ma terial, of the aperturedband P, all constructed and arranged tooperate substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo subscribing 5 witnesses.

rHorrAs Kine. nonnnrr WILSON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE 0. Bacon, JOHN W. XVILLIAMs, Junr.

